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Thursday, November 17, 2016
Asteroid strike made 'instant Himalayas'
Saturday, October 15, 2016
How Harry Potter conventions took over my life
In a few days, I leave for Los Angeles - a city where I've barely spent a cumulative 10 days in my life. I know its geography about as well as that of Mars.
And yet in a very real sense, I'm going home.
Specifically, I'm going to LeakyCon - a Harry Potter convention established in 2009 that I now work for, unpaid, as social media coordinator.
This is my 10th year of attending Potter conferences, which have become a way of life.
"What's a Harry Potter convention?" you might ask. "Do you just watch the movies all day?" The answer is no - well, with the possible exception of Azkatraz, a con in 2009 during which the movies played on the hotel TV channel in the background. Read more...
More about Harry Potter, Entertainment, and MashreadsThursday, September 22, 2016
Dry tropical forests 'overlooked and under threat'
Saturday, September 10, 2016
'Happy Gilmore' hits the golf course as an 8-bit movie
Adam Sandler's character may still have hockey dreams, but he is hitting the golf course again in a new version of Happy Gilmore.
8-Bit Cinema gamifies your favorite Hollywood blockbusters into '80s arcade and NES-inspired action.
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Thursday, August 25, 2016
Surface water shifting around the Earth
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Solar Impulse aeroplane reaches Ohio
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Virtual reality app lets you meet others in imaginary places
Next to full body sensor suits, one of the main components missing from virtual reality experiences is the ability to share experiences with others
Now a new app called vTime hopes to bridge that gap by giving users full VR character avatars that can interact with each other in virtual environments in real-time
See also: How virtual reality will grow in 2016
All you need to engage in a vTime VR chat is a smartphone and the Samsung Gear VR headset or a Google Cardboard device
The environments shown are fairly simplistic in terms of what we're used to from some VR experiences, but as a mobile app for virtual meetings, the demonstration video is impressive Read more...
More about Social Networking, Software, Vr, Virtual Reality, and Tech